Inspiration: Katie Piper revealed her three-year-old daughter has begun asking her about marks on her face and body, caused by an horrific acid attack in 2008 (pictured with two month-old daughter Penelope)

Mum of two: The inspirational TV personality and campigner, 34, said her eldest daughter Belle started asking questions about her scars after noticing her hospital treatments

'I just tell her I was burnt when I was younger, it did hurt, but it doesn’t now.

'All she really says is, ‘Be careful of your other hand’ when I’m near the oven. But if she asks how I was burnt, I’ll tell her the truth.'

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In March 2008, when she was 24 years old, Danny Lynch, a man Katie had been dating, arranged for an accomplice to throw sulphuric acid in the aspiring model's face.

The attack left her partially blinded, with severe and permanent scarring to her face, chest, neck, arm and hands.

Questions: In a candid new interview with the Sunday People’s Love Sunday ­magazine, the author said: 'She mainly asks about my hands. I just tell her I was burnt when I was younger, it did hurt, but it doesn’t now.'

Brave Katie has undergone more than 300 surgical procedures since the attack,

Katie waived her anonymity in 2009 and allowed Channel 4 to film a documentary about her recovery to raise awareness of the plight of burns sufferers.

She met her now husband Richard Sutton four years after the attack, with the couple welcoming daughter Belle in March 2014, and marrying the following year.

Devoted: Katie said: 'All she really says is, ‘Be careful of your other hand’ when I’m near the oven. But if she asks how I was burnt, I’ll tell her the truth'

Activist: Katie survived a horrific acid attack in 2008, which was orchestrated by her ex boyfriend, and has since undergone more than 300 surgical procedures

True love: She met her now husband Richard Sutton four years after the attack, with the couple welcoming daughter Belle in March 2014, and marrying the following year

In December 2017, Katie gave birth to her second daughter, Penelope Diane.

Katie is passionate about self esteem advocate through her own charity, The Katie Piper Foundation.

Alongside then pregnant singer Cheryl, she recently lent her support to the Prince's Trust's All Worth It collaboration with L'Oreal Paris, an attempt to raise the confidence of 10,000 people across the UK who suffer with self doubt.

Happy family: In December 2017, Katie gave birth to her second daughter, Penelope Diane